---
type: "Bill"
title: "2023 Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee recommendations adopted, workers' compensation self-insurance modified, system efficiencies improved, permanent partial disability schedule modified, post-traumatic stress disorder study and report required, housekeeping changes made, and money appropriated."
description: "2023 Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee recommendations adopted, workers' compensation self-insurance modified, system efficiencies improved, permanent partial disability schedule modified, post-traumatic stress disorder study and report required, housekeeping changes made, and money appropriated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mn"
legislature: "Minnesota Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 2988"
citation: "Minnesota HF 2988 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolgamott"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6558535a-8cc4-4231-a143-900d08b501c7"
source_url: "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2988&ssn=0&y=2023"
source_hash: "ac1aef570d59af4bbb1546bd0f8af73cc3d924d978a96a5f6d3ff36b18429150"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mn"]
---

# Minnesota HF 2988 (2023-2024) — 2023 Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee recommendations adopted, workers' compensation self-insurance modified, system efficiencies improved, permanent partial disability schedule modified, post-traumatic stress disorder study and report required, housekeeping changes made, and money appropriated.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **1st Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2988&version=1&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)
2. **Introduction** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF2988&version=0&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0)

## Votes

- Passage — **131–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wolgamott — primary (person)
- Hussein — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- McEwen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-20** Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce Finance and Policy `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Labor and Industry Finance and Policy `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Joint rule 2.03, Deadlines, re-referred to Rules and Legislative Administration
- **2023-04-26** Committee report, re-refer to Labor and Industry Finance and Policy
- **2023-04-26** Joint rule 2.03 waived
- **2023-04-27** Author added McDonald
- **2023-05-01** Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-01** Author added Hussein
- **2023-05-04** Committee report, to adopt `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Monday, May 8, 2023
- **2023-05-08** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Bill was passed `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Returned from Senate
- **2023-05-18** Presented to Governor 05/18/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Governor approval 05/19/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** Secretary of State, Filed 05/19/2023
- **2023-05-09** Received from House `introduction`
- **2023-05-09** Introduction and first reading `introduction`
- **2023-05-09** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** Comm report: To pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-12** Second reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Special Order
- **2023-05-15** Third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** Laid on table
- **2023-05-15** Taken from table
- **2023-05-15** Third reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Presentment date 05/18/23
- **2023-05-19** Governor's action Approval 05/19/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** Secretary of State Chapter 51 05/19/23

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6558535a-8cc4-4231-a143-900d08b501c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Minnesota legislature records).